At a glance
The story
Malik relates from Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn al-Had from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Taymi from Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Rahman from Abu Hurayra in the chapter on the hour in Friday: Abu Hurayra went out to Mount Tur and met Ka b al-Ahbar; Ka b told him of the Torah and he told him of the Prophet, among what he told him that the best day on which the sun rose is Friday — Adam was created on it, sent down from Paradise, repented and died on it, and the Hour rises on it; every creature prostrates on Friday in awe of the Hour save the jinn and humans; and it holds an hour in which a Muslim servant praying asks God for anything and is given it. Ka b said: that is one day every year; Abu Hurayra said: rather every Friday — and Ka b read the Torah and confirmed it. Then Abu Hurayra met Abdullah ibn Salam and told him, and ibn Salam said Ka b erred first then was right, and told him that hour is the last hour of Friday 1 Muwatta 291.
The meaning
In this report the jinn and humans alone do not prostrate on Friday in awe of the Hour — they are the two exempted from the prostration of creatures on the Day of Resurrection; and the promised hour of Friday is its last hour 1.
Notes
Among the Friday texts in the Muwatta which mention jinn and humans explicitly; the Jinn & Devils Browser shows it in the jinn section 1.
Connections
- Related to
- Muhammad· Abu Hurayra· Ka'b al-Ahbar· Abdallah ibn Salam· The jinn· Yawm al-Jumu'a (Friday, fiqh)· Jabal al-Tur· Muwatta 291
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 291
People and things also explored
Muwatta 291· Abu Hurayra· Muhammad· Roaming angels seek out gatherings of remembrance· Whoever raises his head before the imam — his forelock is in a shaytan's hand· The good dream: a forty-sixth part of prophethood· An ifrit of the jinn seeks the Prophet on the Night Journey· The delegation of the jinn to the Prophet
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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islam.museum contributors. “The Friday hour: every creature prostrates save jinn and humans”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/friday-hour-jinn-and-ins/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
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